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Capito disputes need for swift climate action 

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Rep. Shelley Moore Capito on Thursday disputed the need for swift action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and questioned whether projections of negative impacts warrant new regulations she fears will harm the coal industry and otherwise hamper the economy.

Despite a widespread scientific consensus, the West Virginia Republican said she's "not convinced" that human-caused emissions of carbon dioxide are leading to global warming that will alter the planet's climate in ways that could be dangerous.

"I'm looking at the studies, and trying to understand it," Capito said in a phone interview. "But I'm not convinced that the urgencies or the doomsday predictions are factual."
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Capito said she could not point to any specific scientific studies, papers or reports that back up her uncertainty about climate change.

"I can't tell you a particular article," Capito said. "This is something that I've come to reading a variety of articles and listening to experts."

Capito noted she heard a fellow a congresswoman give a floor speech the other day warning that if action is not taken on climate change soon, her children "won't have a planet to live on."

"I think that's ludicrous," Capito said.

Capito could point to JoNova's "Skeptics Handbook"

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